Court general Cedric Jackson has a dodgy ankle, Tom Abercrombie is in a serious funk, Leon Henry has gone cold and CJ Bruton is out of the side altogether. None of that seems to bother the Breakers a jot.
Last night the defending champions and current NBL pace-setters coasted to a fifth-straight victory, smashing the Cairns Taipans by 20-points in a grand final rematch in front of a sellout crowd on the North Shore.
With some of the big guns struggling, Daryl Corletto picked up the slack, pouring in a career-high 26 points, including 21 in a first half in which he hit five of his seven three-point attempts. Corletto is loving life at the Breakers since departing Melbourne Tigers in acrimonious circumstances. It's easy to see why. It has taken him just 13 games to eclipse a personal scoring mark carved out over 10 seasons in Melbourne.
With the peerless Mika Vukona continuing to power the engine room, Gary Wilkinson (13 points) approaching his usual level of production and Alex Pledger (10 rebounds) providing some serious muscle from the bench, the Breakers have the depth to ride out most storms.
They will, however, be concerned about Abercrombie's alarming tail-off, with the swingman following up a solitary point last time out in Adelaide with a one from eight shooting display last night.